iMovie
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Turn videos into movie magic

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Description

With a streamlined design and intuitive Multi-Touch gestures, iMovie lets you enjoy your videos and tell stories like never before. Browse your video library, share favorite moments, create beautiful movies, and watch them on all your devices in iMovie Theater. And with the iMovie extension, it’s fast and fun to make every video more memorable — right in the Photos app.

Browse and share your videos• Enjoy all your videos in the full-screen Video browser• Quickly share a clip or a portion of a clip• Mark favorite moments to easily find them later

Make Hollywood-style trailers• Choose from 14 trailer templates with stunning graphics and original scores by some of the world’s top film composers• Customize movie studio logos, cast names, and credits• Select the best videos and photos for your trailer with the help of animated drop zones• Record video for your trailer right in iMovie

iMovie everywhere• Use the iMovie extension to enhance video clips right in the Photos app• Easily transfer projects between your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch using AirDrop or iCloud Drive• Send any project to your Mac via AirDrop or iCloud Drive to finish editing with iMovie or Final Cut Pro X• Share your finished movies and trailers to iMovie Theater and watch them on all your devices with iCloud• Connect an external display to your iPhone or iPad and choose to mirror the iMovie interface or display your video fullscreen while you edit**

Share with friends and family• Send videos with Mail and Messages• Save to your photo library or share to YouTube in 4K or 1080p60***• Save videos and iMovie project files to iCloud Drive• Share videos and iMovie project files with AirDrop****• Use AirPlay to wirelessly stream video to your HDTV with Apple TV*****

* 2x speed-up is available on iPhone 5s, iPad Air, iPad mini with Retina display, and later devices.

What’s New

Version History

2.2.6

Nov 7, 2018

• Connect an external display to your iPad or iPhone and choose to mirror the iPad display or preview your video fullscreen while you edit* — with support for uncompressed 4K video output on iPad Pro 11-inch or iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation)• Resolves issues which could cause video distortion when editing a vertical video clip with the iMovie edit extension in the Photos app• Addresses an issue which could prevent sharing videos through a cellular connection on iPhone or iPad• Improves stability including an issue which could occur after adding speed change effects to clips in your movie

2.2.4

Sep 5, 2017

• Improves compatibility when sharing to YouTube

2.2.3

Jul 28, 2016

• Start projects quickly by selecting multiple photos and videos• Share to Facebook and Vimeo using the standard iOS share interface• Support for Shared iPad in iOS 9.3 or later• Stability and performance improvements

2.2.2

2.2.1

Oct 22, 2015

• Create and share movies at 4K resolution on iPad Air 2 with iOS 9.1*• Fixes an issue that could prevent users from creating new trailers in some languages• Resolves issues importing and removing projects from iCloud Drive• Addresses interface issues that could appear in some right-to-left languages• Addresses interface issues that could appear in iMovie extension for Photos• Performance and stability improvements

2.2

Sep 16, 2015

• Create and share movies at stunning 4K resolution (3840 x 2160) on compatible iOS devices *• Create and share movies with 1080p HD video at 60 frames per second for smoother, more true-to-life action• Use 3D Touch on iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus to quickly start a new movie right from the Home Screen• Desktop-class performance on iPad Pro with the ability to edit multiple streams of 4K video and use shortcuts with the Smart Keyboard • Enhanced interface on iPad Pro with full-height Media Browser and pixel-for-pixel 1080 HD Viewer• Connect a keyboard and use simple shortcuts to edit movies quickly• Option to hide Media Browser while editing a movie• Option to disable Ken Burns animation on a photo• Redesigned Project Details view lets you watch movies and trailers before opening them• Redesigned Video view lets you see more of your library while browsing videos and photos on iPad• Improved Inspector controls with easy-to-read text labels on iPad• Support for Slide Over and Split View when multitasking with the iMovie Extension for Photos• Redesigned Audio browser in the iMovie Extension lets you easily browse and hear music• Performance and stability improvements• Support for Canadian French, Hindi, and Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong)

* 4K support is available on iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, and iPad Pro

2.1.2

Apr 30, 2015

• Addresses issue in which portrait photos may be cropped incorrectly when added to a project• Updates compatibility with sharing to YouTube

2.1.1

Nov 6, 2014

• Support for iCloud Photo Library• Share videos with iCloud Photo Sharing• Resolves issues that could occur when rotating a device while in the Video browser• Performance and stability improvements

Introduced in Version 2.1• Support for iOS 8 • Enhance video clips in the Photos app using the iMovie extension• Choose from 10 Apple-designed filters to stylize a video clip or an entire movie• Slow down, freeze, or speed up a portion of a clip*• Save videos and iMovie project files to iCloud Drive• Send videos to other apps on your iOS device• Create titles using bi-directional text• Support for Arabic, Australian English, Hebrew, and Mexican Spanish

2x speed-up is available on iPhone 5s, iPad Air, iPad mini 2, and later devices.

2.1

Sep 17, 2014

What’s New in Version 2.1• Support for iOS 8 • Enhance video clips in the Photos app using the iMovie extension• Choose from 10 Apple-designed filters to stylize a video clip or an entire movie• Slow down, freeze, or speed up a portion of a clip*• Save videos and iMovie project files to iCloud Drive• Send videos to other apps on your iOS device• Create titles using bi-directional text• Support for Arabic, Australian English, Hebrew, and Mexican Spanish

* 2x speed-up is available on iPhone 5s, iPad Air, iPad mini with Retina display, and later devices.

1.4.2

1.4.1

• Improves reliability when sending photos from iPhoto to iMovie• Resolves an issue that could affect photos in projects and trailers after restoring from a backup• Improves overall stability

Included in Version 1.4• Three new trailers — Adrenaline, Coming of Age, and Teen• Add photos to any trailer and have them automatically animate with the Ken Burns effect• On iPad, open the Precision Editor to create split audio edits• Play clips in the Video Browser before adding them to your project• Create a slideshow by sharing photos from iPhoto for iOS• Tap the help icon to display Coaching tips• 1080p HD upload resolution is now available for sharing to YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, and CNN iReport• Audio recordings captured in a project now appear in the Audio Browser for easy access

1.4

Sep 19, 2012

• Three new trailers — Adrenaline, Coming of Age, and Teen• Add photos to any trailer and have them automatically animate with the Ken Burns effect• On iPad, open the Precision Editor to create split audio edits• Play clips in the Video Browser before adding them to your project• Create a slideshow by sharing photos from iPhoto for iOS• Tap the help icon to display Coaching tips• 1080p HD upload resolution is now available for sharing to YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, and CNN iReport• Audio recordings captured in a project now appear in the Audio Browser for easy access

1.3.1

May 1, 2012

This update improves overall stability and addresses a number of minor issues, including the following:• Adds the ability to access Help when editing a project on iPad• Resolves an issue where the incorrect frame was shown after splitting a clip

Included in Version 1.3• Create beautiful movie trailers with stunning graphics and world-class soundtracks* • Swipe up on the playhead to freeze a frame in your video• Preview music and sound effects in the Audio Browser• Create a song in GarageBand and send it directly to iMovie

*Trailers are available on iPhone 4 or later and iPad 2 or later

1.3

Mar 7, 2012

• Create beautiful movie trailers with stunning graphics and world-class soundtracks* • Swipe up on the playhead to freeze a frame in your video• Preview music and sound effects in the Audio Browser• Create a song in GarageBand and send it directly to iMovie

*Trailers are available on iPhone 4 or later and iPad 2 or later

1.2.2

1.2.1

Jun 1, 2011

What's New in Version 1.2.1

• Audio plays from your HDTV when using the Apple Digital AV Adapter.• Video plays full screen from Marquee to your HDTV when using the Apple Digital AV Adapter.• Resolves some cases of missing media in projects.• Provides more accurate clip grouping by date in Video browser.• Fixes an issue where a project's background music would not fade in or out.• Additional performance and reliability improvements.

1.0.1

1.0

Jun 22, 2010

Nov 7, 2018

Version 2.2.6

• Connect an external display to your iPad or iPhone and choose to mirror the iPad display or preview your video fullscreen while you edit* — with support for uncompressed 4K video output on iPad Pro 11-inch or iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation)• Resolves issues which could cause video distortion when editing a vertical video clip with the iMovie edit extension in the Photos app• Addresses an issue which could prevent sharing videos through a cellular connection on iPhone or iPad• Improves stability including an issue which could occur after adding speed change effects to clips in your movie

Ratings and Reviews

34.6K Ratings

Pretty good, but I have suggestions

I got this about...a year ago. And I’m getting it again. But the things in this have changed, and there’s also stuff that needs to be added. Ok, let’s get this started.

Trailer Suggestions: Alright, so I feel like this needs to be more free in general. The trailer selections don’t really offer much freedom. You have to choose a theme, which automatically decides what the background music sounds like, how many shots there are, and how long the shots go on for. It also does not allow your own audio. It also blocks videos. I wish you could keep those theme selections, but I wish you could pick when it says the lines, and how many shots there were in the trailer. Plus, whenever you want to delete and image from a shot, it makes you press the garbage can. But the problem with this is that it is faded out, and is hard to see. This could also cause people using the app to not see it and click it by accident. It should be darker, so it is more visible. And I feel like, like in the movie maker, you could choose from a large list of sound effects, or have the option to record or find your own audio. The credits should also have more freedom and thought put into them. You should be able to decide if the credits scroll, or something, to give the credits more feeling. There should also be more logo design choices, currently there are only, I think THREE, you need to add more. You should also have more freedom to the background music.

Thank You

turfiruducig
, 12/19/2018

Pretty good, but I have suggestions

I got this about...a year ago. And I’m getting it again. But the things in this have changed, and there’s also stuff that needs to be added. Ok, let’s get this started.

Trailer Suggestions: Alright, so I feel like this needs to be more free in general. The trailer selections don’t really offer much freedom. You have to choose a theme, which automatically decides what the background music sounds like, how many shots there are, and how long the shots go on for. It also does not allow your own audio. It also blocks videos. I wish you could keep those theme selections, but I wish you could pick when it says the lines, and how many shots there were in the trailer. Plus, whenever you want to delete and image from a shot, it makes you press the garbage can. But the problem with this is that it is faded out, and is hard to see. This could also cause people using the app to not see it and click it by accident. It should be darker, so it is more visible. And I feel like, like in the movie maker, you could choose from a large list of sound effects, or have the option to record or find your own audio. The credits should also have more freedom and thought put into them. You should be able to decide if the credits scroll, or something, to give the credits more feeling. There should also be more logo design choices, currently there are only, I think THREE, you need to add more. You should also have more freedom to the background music.

Thank You

ashxle.yyy
, 01/03/2019

Crashing?

(lowercase is intended)i think the app is great! it’s a great movie/slideshow producer and it worked better for me than any other app. though, recently it’s been crashing for me, i would tap on the app and my screen would go black and then it would kick me out of the app. i tried to offload it off my phone because i still had a project i was working on and i didn’t want my progress to be lost and that seemed to solve the issue. i did get really scared when it wouldn’t let me on the app, i didn’t want all my hard work on my project to go to waste so when it let me back on i transferred my project to my camera roll even tho it wasn’t finished. i didn’t want to risk loosing it. another problem i have with the app is that it’s really slow! when i was transferring my project to my camera roll it took 5 mins, when before it started crashing it would take a few seconds, and whenever i would try and keep working on my project/s it would take forever to import the picture, adjust it to the audio and then crop any access. it got extremely annoying to work on and so my motivation was lost. i really like the app so it’s a bummer to be writing such a bad revue but all the bugs and glitches just don’t make it a great app to work with. i really suggest that they fix these issues as i have seen other reviews with the same bug or glitch problems. thank you for your time.

ashxle.yyy
, 01/03/2019

Crashing?

(lowercase is intended)i think the app is great! it’s a great movie/slideshow producer and it worked better for me than any other app. though, recently it’s been crashing for me, i would tap on the app and my screen would go black and then it would kick me out of the app. i tried to offload it off my phone because i still had a project i was working on and i didn’t want my progress to be lost and that seemed to solve the issue. i did get really scared when it wouldn’t let me on the app, i didn’t want all my hard work on my project to go to waste so when it let me back on i transferred my project to my camera roll even tho it wasn’t finished. i didn’t want to risk loosing it. another problem i have with the app is that it’s really slow! when i was transferring my project to my camera roll it took 5 mins, when before it started crashing it would take a few seconds, and whenever i would try and keep working on my project/s it would take forever to import the picture, adjust it to the audio and then crop any access. it got extremely annoying to work on and so my motivation was lost. i really like the app so it’s a bummer to be writing such a bad revue but all the bugs and glitches just don’t make it a great app to work with. i really suggest that they fix these issues as i have seen other reviews with the same bug or glitch problems. thank you for your time.

lightparticle
, 01/25/2019

Storage!?!?!

I don’t know if I’m just doing something horribly wrong, but iMovie is idly taking storage without letting me access files. I use iOS. Here is what I’m talking about as I’m sure my intro was a bit confusing. I import, let’s say, 250MB of video from my photo library into iMovie and merge them together. Now iMovie storage space is increased by 250MB because obviously it’s independently saving the footage to iMovie. Right? Wrong. I choose to delete the video from my photo library to save space. Then I go to the iMovie I just made which is (as makes sense) taking up 250MB. However although it’s taking the same space you have to have all of the clips in the photo library. Overall it’s a hassle and for those of us who don’t have that much storage storing what is essentially a duplicate of the movie, iMovie is not a good idea. Its features are pretty good and I think that it’s interface is good enough. It loads fairly quickly and it’s easy to edit and change names and save stuff back to your photo library. That’s why it gets 3 stars from me instead of 1-2. Of course this may not be a problem for some of you out there but I just offer this as a warning.

lightparticle
, 01/25/2019

Storage!?!?!

I don’t know if I’m just doing something horribly wrong, but iMovie is idly taking storage without letting me access files. I use iOS. Here is what I’m talking about as I’m sure my intro was a bit confusing. I import, let’s say, 250MB of video from my photo library into iMovie and merge them together. Now iMovie storage space is increased by 250MB because obviously it’s independently saving the footage to iMovie. Right? Wrong. I choose to delete the video from my photo library to save space. Then I go to the iMovie I just made which is (as makes sense) taking up 250MB. However although it’s taking the same space you have to have all of the clips in the photo library. Overall it’s a hassle and for those of us who don’t have that much storage storing what is essentially a duplicate of the movie, iMovie is not a good idea. Its features are pretty good and I think that it’s interface is good enough. It loads fairly quickly and it’s easy to edit and change names and save stuff back to your photo library. That’s why it gets 3 stars from me instead of 1-2. Of course this may not be a problem for some of you out there but I just offer this as a warning.